Lucky Star (2024)

Directed by

Gillian McKercher

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 25m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Chinese Canadian dad in suburban Calgary tries to recover money he lost to a scam. He gets drawn into gambling to fix his finances.

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What happens

Lucky Star is a Canadian drama film, written and directed by Gillian McKercher and released in 2024. The film stars Terry Chen as Lucky, a Chinese Canadian dad raising his family in suburban Calgary, Alberta, who gets drawn into gambling as he attempts to recover money he lost after being scammed. The cast also includes Olivia Cheng, Conni Miu, Austyn Van de Kamp, John Dylan Louie, Andrew Phung, CJ Collard, Summer Ly, Isra Abdelrahim, Mary Armstrong, Carlo Cuizon, Dustin Nelson and Sharon Umeh. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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